Age distribution
Population split by age band, widest at the base.
The demographic classic. A base narrower than the middle is the shape every pension system worries about.
Open in the editorPyramid chart
Stack layers from wide to narrow to show hierarchies, funnels or population structures.
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Org structure
Headcount per level of the organisation.
Four executives, two hundred and fifty people. When the middle bands start swelling faster than the base, you are looking at a reorg waiting to happen.
Open in the editorCustomer value tiers
Accounts per value tier, from free to enterprise.
Eighty-six enterprise accounts sit on twenty-four thousand free ones. The pyramid is the fastest way to explain why self-serve support has to be cheap.
Open in the editorContent strategy
Awareness content down to decision content.
Most content teams over-invest at the top. Laid out as a pyramid, a thin decision layer explains a lot of unconverted traffic.
Open in the editorSkill levels
Team members per certification level.
Six experts carrying a hundred and twenty-six people is a bus-factor chart as much as a training one.
Open in the editorTAM, SAM and SOM
Total market narrowing to the part you can actually serve.
The slide every investor deck needs. Showing current revenue as the tip keeps the top number honest.
Open in the editorRisk register
Open risks per severity level.
Four critical risks are easy to lose in a spreadsheet of a hundred and fifty. As a pyramid the tip is the only thing anyone looks at.
Open in the editorTraining investment
Hours invested per learning format.
Cheap formats sit at the base and expensive ones at the tip. The shape justifies a budget far better than a table of costs.
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